
Sandy Verma
Tezzbuzz|13-11-2026
New Zealand created history by registering a huge victory of 244 runs in the fourth match of the ODI series against the Indian team. Under the captaincy of Mitchell Santner, the Kiwi team performed brilliantly in this match played at the Bay Oval Stadium in Mount Maunganui. With this win, New Zealand registered its second biggest win by runs in ODI cricket history.
After losing the toss and coming to bat first, the New Zealand team scored 333 runs in 50 overs. In response, better batting was expected from the Indian team, but New Zealand's fast bowler Matt Henry destroyed the Indian batting order with his lethal bowling.
Team India's entire innings was reduced to just 89 runs in 26.4 overs.Matt Henry bowled brilliantly in this match and took 6 wickets. Indian batsmen were seen struggling in front of his inward and outward swinging balls. In this way, New Zealand kept the hopes of returning to the series alive by winning the match by 244 runs.
This match was very important for New Zealand in terms of series. Out of the first three matches, the team lost two, while one match was canceled due to rain.
In such a situation, the Kiwi team needed to win this match to keep their hopes alive in the series.Taking advantage of the home ground, New Zealand's bowlers maintained pressure on the Indian batsmen. Indian batsmen had no effective answer to Matt Henry's fast and swinging balls.
This win of 244 runs is New Zealand's biggest win so far in ODI cricket against India. At the same time, this has also become the second biggest win by margin of runs in New Zealand's ODI history.
The first place in this list is the 290-run victory against Ireland in Aberdeen in 2008.
New Zealand has so far registered many big wins in ODI cricket by a margin of runs. The major competitions are as follows:
The performance of the Indian team in the fourth ODI was very disappointing.
The entire team was all out after scoring just 89 runs. This is the eighth time in the history of ODI cricket that the Indian team has been restricted to a score of 100 or less.The score of 89 runs made in this match is the sixth lowest score after the Indian team's all out in ODI cricket. New Zealand's bowlers kept the Indian batsmen under pressure from the beginning and made the match one-sided by taking wickets continuously.
After the defeat in the fourth ODI, the Indian team does not have much time to bounce back.
The fifth and last match of the series will be played on 15 November.New Zealand will try to end the series on par by winning the last match. At the same time, the eyes of the Indian team will be on winning the fifth match and winning the series 3-1.




